Caverns of Mars
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Caverns of Mars is a vertically scrolling shooter for Atari 8-bit computers. It was written by Greg Christensen, with some features later added by Richard Watts, and published by the Atari Program Exchange (APX) in 1981.[1] Caverns of Mars became the best selling APX software of all-time and was moved into Atari, Inc.'s official product line, first on diskette, then on cartridge.
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Publisher(s) | Atari Program Exchange Atari, Inc. |
Designer(s) | Greg Christensen |
Programmer(s) | Greg Christensen[1] Richard Watts[2] |
Platform(s) | Atari 8-bit |
Release | Winter 1981: APX[3] April 1982: Atari (disk)[4] 1983: Atari (cartridge) |
Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
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In Caverns of Mars, the player descends into cave and at the end must retrace their steps back to the top. Christensen wrote two less successful follow-ups, one of which scrolls horizontally and is very similar to Scramble.